The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-10-24
BRIEF JoTTINCs.

Saturday and Sunday were both bright and
cold.
There will be an important meeting held
by Maine Lodge, /. o. o. f., tonight.
The West Point House at Prouts Neck
has been sold for $5,575 to James c. Jordan
The Paint and Oil Club dined at the
Prebe House Saturday evening.
Beginning today the steamer Greenwood
VIII be used as tugboat during the winter.
1t is said that the Venerable Gunner Asso-
citation will build house for the use of the
club at Trundy's Reef Point. Cape Elizabeth.
Tickets for the policemen's ball. to occur
Thursday evening, should be secured at
once.
Mr.. William w. Jackson will deliver re
hglous lecture this evening at the Salvation
Army Hall at s O'clock
Members Of the Y. M. C. A. conducted
revival services at the Knightyille M. E.
Churcb2n Saturday and Sunday evenings.
The Board of Fire Underwriters held a
meeting Saturday afternoon. No business
OF importance was transacted.
Machignnne No. is at the Portland Com
pany's shops for repairs to her dome and
boiler.
Since September LIST there have been is
sued, all told, 116 special United States liq-
uor licenses, a,v,u.a--
The Garfield Club of Pawtucket. r. l.. will
entertain Senator Frye on Monday evening.
November 9TH.
Tonight the Portland Club entertain Sem
at,r Frye and Congressman Boutelle at the
club house.
The Portland Railroad Company is build
ing station and stable near the new Con-
gress street station.
The harbor was remarkably quiet Satur-
day and yesterday, there being few arrivals
OF vessels and but one or two cleared.
There were A arrests last week, of which
81 were for drunkenness. and there were
three liquor seizures.
MI H. d. Whitcomb will commence the
erection of three-story, double brick
house on the Haggett lot, Congress street,
this week.
Quinn d Co. have just finished a new steel
boiler for Kendall g. Whitney's new block.
Another is being built by the same firm for
the st. Josephs Home in Deering.
The steamer Enterprise, of the Portland
and Boothbay Line, was obliged to put back
to this city yesterday afternoon after going
as for as Mark Island passage.
The steamer Vancouver of the Dominion
Line is expected to arrive at this port the
18th of November. The Vancouver is one of
the largest vessels of the line.
1t is reported that Alfred Woodman is a
creditor of Woodman, True & Co. to the
sum of $4,000. The creditors of the firm
are said to number about $50.
A meeting Of the Carpenters Union was
held Saturday evening, at which the list of
officers was completed and routine business
transacted.
The real estate boom still continues at
South Portland. The Spring estate has been
divided into SO house lots and sold to differ
ent parties. Many houses, it is expected.
will be erected in the spring.
Our readers will remember brutal assault
made by John Conley, waiter, on his wife.
Annie Comfy, last August. Judge Gould
sentenced him to five months in JAIL Mrs.
Comfy is now In very dangerous condition
Rev. Sam Small has been engaged TO de-
liver another lecture in Portland. He will
appear at City Hall Saturday evening. No
vember Goth. His subject win be Society
Things"
"AA' NhaiiCo CuSIlS picked large ripe black
berries in his garden Friday. He SAYS that a
single row of blackberry bushes amply sup
plies his family during the entire season.
winch this year has been unusually pro-
longed.
The executive committee of the Woman.
Auxiliary to the Y. M. c. A. are planning
Tor an antiquarian supper to be given in the
hall of the Association on Monday evening.
October 31st. The committee will meet at 4
o'clock this afternoon to arrange details.
The Longfellow C. L. S. C. will meet this
evening with Mrs. Frank b. Clark, No.
Grant street, near New High. Rev. N. T
Whitaker will deliver a lecture on "Criti
cisms on Carlyle" All members, and all
wishing to join. are cordially invited to be
present
Mr.. George W. Leighton, at his marble
works at Stevens Plains, has just completed
a very elegant marble sarcophagus, to be
placed in Evergreen Cemetery to the memory
OF Elbrldge Gerry. 1t is of the purest Yer
mont marble, weighing four tons, and bears
medallion of Mr.. Gerry.